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Buchanan: California Government Passes Bill to Regulate Hemp Products

Buchanan: California Government Passes Bill to Regulate Hemp Products

On October 2, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB-8 and issued a press release touting that he signed “legislation to regulate intoxicating hemp products and give government agencies tools to stop illegal sales.” AB-8 outlaws synthetic cannabis products and...
Harris Sliwoski: Thai Cannabis at a Crossroads: Regulation, Opportunity and Political Reality

Harris Sliwoski: Thai Cannabis at a Crossroads: Regulation, Opportunity and Political Reality

Table of Contents Thailand’s regulatory cannabis tightening The medicalized future of Thai cannabis Thailand’s global cannabis market ambitions The stakes ahead Thailand’s political landscape shifted decisively on September 5, 2025, when Anutin Charnvirakul secured...
Foley Hoag: Texas TABC Issues Emergency Rules for Hemp THC Products Following Governor’s Executive Order

Foley Hoag: Texas TABC Issues Emergency Rules for Hemp THC Products Following Governor’s Executive Order

September 30, 2025 By Stephen L. Bartlett With the summer special legislative session in the Lone Star State having come and gone without meaningful reforms for consumable hemp THC products, Governor Abbott has exercised his executive authority and ordered certain...
Bradley: Tax Court Delivers Another Setback to Marijuana Operators, Refuses Deduction for Business Wages

Bradley: Tax Court Delivers Another Setback to Marijuana Operators, Refuses Deduction for Business Wages

It’s not always bad news when cannabis operators interact with the federal government. After all, the federal government largely allows marijuana companies to operate in an overwhelming majority of states without federal interference even though marijuana is...
Bradley: Tax Court Delivers Another Setback to Marijuana Operators, Refuses Deduction for Business Wages

Harris Beach Murtha: Mitigating the Impact of Section 280E for Cannabis Businesses

Ryan Dunn, Jason Klimek Harris Beach Murtha PLLC Cannabis businesses, while legal in many states, face many challenges due to federal law. One of the significant challenges is federal effective tax rates that can easily exceed 50%. The high effective tax rates are...
Foley Hoag: Maryland Appellate Court Upholds State Hemp-Derived Products Restrictions

Foley Hoag: Maryland Appellate Court Upholds State Hemp-Derived Products Restrictions

September 12, 2025 By Michael McQueeny In another decision upholding the validity of state-enacted restrictions over the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived products, a Maryland Appellate Court in Governor Wes Moore, et al. v. Maryland Hemp Coalition, et al. reversed a...
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